Lakers hiring of Darvin Ham is nuts — or maybe perfect
LA TimesDarvin Ham yells instruction to a player while filling in for coach Mike Budenholzer, who had contracted COVID-19, last season. At first glance, the hiring of former bench warmer and anonymous assistant Darvin Ham as the Lakers’ new head coach Friday appears to be nuts. Lakers How Darvin Ham landed the Lakers’ head coaching job The Lakers have hired Milwaukee assistant Darvin Ham to be their next coach. !” The numerous exclamation points aside, James probably would have preferred Doc Rivers, the Philadelphia 76ers’ coach who was among the Lakers’ favorites several weeks ago after they fired the overwhelmed Frank Vogel. … Sometimes it might be a little bit harder than other times … but you have to see the ability.” Lakers Darvin Ham: Five things to know about the new Lakers coach The Lakers hired longtime NBA assistant Darvin Ham to be their next head coach.